PIA11158: Hugli River Delta, India

Target Name: Earth Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Earth Observing System (EOS) Spacecraft: Terra Instrument: ASTER Product Size: 3636 samples x 4008 lines Produced By: JPL Full-Res TIFF: PIA11158.tif (43.72 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA11158.jpg (2.484 MB)

Original Caption Released with Image: The western-most part of the Ganges Delta is seen in this 54.5 by 60 km ASTER sub-scene acquired on January 6, 2005. The Hugli River branches off from the Ganges River 300 km to the north, and flows by the city of Calcutta before emptying into the Bay of Bengal. High sediment load is evident by the light tan colors in the water, particularly downstream from off-shore islands. The deep green colors of some of these islands are mangrove swamps. The image is centered at 21.9 degrees north latitude, 88 degrees east longitude. The U.S. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team